News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-24
FLETCHER,

Wilma Parsons is sick and confined to
her bed.
D. b. Rood has gone TO Franklin, Shell
don and Euosburg on a visit.
Wilbur Parsons was born in 1864. and
not GS, as was recently reported.
tIs4sa.s- a4s-7rcTlN- for-AlIeu Car
penter during his wife's absence in
Canada.
Rollin Parsons works for O. G. Car
penter for this season, beginning the 1st
of March.
Last week the printer made us say
''scholaristic" where it should have been
scholastic.
Myrtle Gilman has gone to Canada to
stay with her husbands aunt for eight
or ten weeks.
Mrs. Minnie French, of Westford. is
again at her fathers, Elisha Davis. She
is still afflicted with rheumatism and I'M
able TO do any work.
Mrs. G. B. Parsons recently went Co
Essex to see her sister, Mrs. Lowell Put
nam, and family. Mr.. Putnam has been
quite sick with pneumonia.
Rufus Montague has just completed for
himself very handsome and convenient
piece of cabinet work. 1t is chest for
full set of carpenters's tools.
E. X. Lamb is at work for Albert Par
sons through sugaring, and after that he
will attend to saving the logs in his mill
yard with Mr.. Rice as foreman.
We regret to say that III. B. French is
in feeble health. He has been poorly
since last October. He is under the doc
tors care but does not seem to gain.
Rev. Mr.. Barney, of Swanton, sup
piled Rev. E. Fosom's pulpit the two
first Sundays in March, and Rev. Mr..
johnson, preached at the Center last Sab
bath, it being quarterly meeting.
The Misses PrOuty. of Swanton Falls,
cousins of Mrs. G. B. Parsons, visited
her Saturday, staying over Sunday. Her
father. Henry Hooper, and his son-in-law
from Canada, also visited her last week
returning home Saturday.
D. G. Howard invested 81 in a New
Orleans lottery recently, and has Just re-
ceived by express a check for $1,000,
minus express charges, and now doubt
less thousand fools will send 81 or more
and each receive blank ticket.
S. H. Carpenter and wife have engaged
to see her grandfather, Joseph Ward,
through life, taking deed of his place
in consideration thereof. They have
moved from Cambridge and entered upon
the duties involved in the contract.
A. & A. j. Lamb have sold quantity
of ash timber to NJ. V. Ball, who splits
and shaves it ready to be converted into
scythe snaths by the manufacturers, to
whom he ships it. Mr.. Ball makes a
bushes of this work, and has one or two
hands to help him. Willie Chaffee and
Frank Leach are now at work for him.
The teacher in district No. 8. Miss Net
tie Ellinwood, recently held reception
at her home. inviting every one in the
district. The scholars gave some inter
estlng literary exercises, the teacher
some finely executed piano solos, and all
did ample justice to the bountiful supper
laid by Mrs. Ellinwod, after which mu-
sic and dancing by the young people
filled up the programme.
A large company met at Marcns Hoop
er's last Friday, by invitation, consisting
OF uncles, aunts and cousins of Elmer
Hooper, on whose account the party was
especial made. They came from Swan
ton, Canada, Cambridge and Fairfi I'D,
but more from this town, numbering i'll
all about 60 persons who eat dinner or
supper, or both. They hoped to have
had new sugar for the occasion, but 1t
failed to cone to time.
The reading club met on Tuesday and
Friday evenings of last week, at Mrs.
kinsley's and A. Riggs. The lives of
Lougfellow and Shakespeare, with selec-
tons and quotations from each of these
gifted poets made these evenings enter
tanning. Especially were the quotations
from Shakespeare beautiful and well
chosen, nearly all present repeating one.
Mrs. Robinson had an original poem.
charade under the direction of DIR. Bogue
and in which he took prominent part,
caused much merriment.